Easter Update

Again - thanks for your patience - hectic schedules and hectic days make it tough to update as often as we'd like. The important thing is to spend time with the most important people to us.

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Connor has enjoyed a terrific couple of weeks - Easter was a lot of fun, and he has been able to do explore his world more and more each day. Enjoy the photos (and the video)!

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Eggs are a symbol of the new life that returns to nature at Easter Time. The custom of exchanging eggs began long before Easter was celebrated. It was a custom of the Egyptians and the Persians. They exchanged eggs decorated in Spring colors. They believed Earth hatched from an egg which contributed to this custom. Early Christians used red colored eggs to symbolize the Resurrection. In England they began writing messages and dates on their eggs and exchanging them with friends and loved ones. In the 1800's, candied eggs were made. They were open on one end and a scene was put inside. They were used as table centerpieces.

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Smart boy - waits until Daddy isn't there . .

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What did the Easter Bunny bring you?

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I found the egg . . . I found the egg!

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Filling up the basket in a hurry

(inside 'cause the Easter Bunny didn't wanna get wet).

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Must . . .get . . .egg . . .

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Vroom Vroom! Red wins again!

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pfffff, pfffff - turn pinwheel, turn.

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Rocking Elmo to sleep. .
Yeah Daddy . . .Gulp . . . Your creamed brussell sprouts

are . . . gulp. . . really good. . .

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Make sure you eat all of it Kitty . . .yum!

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Ooh boy - this place is huge

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I WANT PIZZA!!

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The headgear collection:

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Bubbles? Nope, not there yet.

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Basket? Nope not quite.

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Getting closer . . .

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Ahh - just right!

Now look out ya slippery sidewinders!

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Yolks for this week:

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A country preacher decided to skip services one Sunday and head to the hills to do some bear hunting. As he rounded the corner on a perilous twist in the trail, he and a bear collided, sending him and his rifle tumbling down the mountainside.
Before he knew it, his rifle went one way and he went the other, landing on a rock and breaking both legs. That was the good news. The bad news was the ferocious bear charging at him from a distance, and he couldn't move.
"Oh, Lord," the preacher prayed, "I'm so sorry for skipping services today to come out here and hunt. Please forgive me and grant me just one wish . . . please make a Christian out of that bear that's coming at me. Please, Lord!"
That very instant, the bear skidded to a halt, fell to its knees, clasped its paws together and began to pray aloud right at the preacher's feet. "Dear God, bless this food I am about to receive . . ."

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Definitions for the week:

Boy: Noise with dust on it.

Chickens: The only animals you eat before they are born and after they are dead.

Dust: Mud with the juice squeezed out.

Mosquito: An insect that makes you like flies better.

Raisin: A grape with a sunburn.
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A man walks into a flower shop "I'd like some flowers please.""Certainly, Sir. What did you have in mind?"He shrugs "Well I'm not sure, I uh, I uh, I uh...""Perhaps I could help. What exactly have you done?"